LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — Jesse Madden, the grandson of late legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden, has been hired by the Washington Commanders as an assistant coach.
Madden joins Washington as an offensive quality control coach, the Commanders announced in a news release. The 21-year-old will enter his first season in the NFL after graduating from the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Wolverines’ 2024 national championship team. He played quarterback his freshman season in 2021 before switching positions to defensive back.
John Madden, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, coached 10 seasons for the then-Oakland Raiders from 1969-78. He finished with a winning record in each of his 10 seasons, compiling an overall record of 103-32-7 while also winning Super Bowl XI in January 1977. His .759 winning percentage is the highest ever among NFL coaches with at least 100 games coached.
After Madden left coaching, he joined CBS Sports as a color commentator in 1979, and spent the next 29 years calling games for CBS, FOX, ABC and NBC — making him the only sports broadcaster ever to call games for all four major networks. He retired from broadcasting in April 2009 and was inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame the following year. He died on Dec. 28, 2021, at age 85.